Chocolate-Peanut Butter Buttercream Snack Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• Chocolate Cake
• 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1-1/2 tsp. kosher salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup finely chopped semisweet chocolate
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Coat bottom and sides of an 8 x 8 x 2 cake pan with nonstick spray
• Whisk flour and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl.
• Add oil, vanilla and 1-1/4 cups water; whisk until smooth.
• Fold in chopped chocolate.
• Scrape into prepared pan. Bake 35-40 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
• Let cool completely before frosting.
• Peanut Butter Buttercream
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup egg whites (from 2 large eggs)
• 1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 6 Tbsp. chilled, unsalted butter, cut into 1/4" cubes
• Pinch of salt
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